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Big Six · 05-25-2003, 12:07 PM

The Sporting News, Monday, June 23

STARTING LINE-UPS ANNOUNCED FOR ALL-STAR GAME
Young Stars Take Center Stage for Both Teams

With the All-Star game slated for this Sunday in Chicago, the National and American Leagues announced on Friday the starting lineups for their squads. Both aggregations will feature a number of the most exciting young players in major league base ball today.

The Americans, managed by Hughie Jennings of the pennant winning Detroit Tigers, will take the field with four players of less than twenty-four years of age. Third baseman Frank Baker of Philadelphia, center fielder Clyde Milan of Washington, right fielder Ty Cobb of Detroit, and second baseman Pat O'Farrell of Boston are all tapped as the best in the league at their respective positions, and Baker is the eldest at age 23. For Milan and O'Farrell, it is their first opportunity to start the game, while Cobb and Baker earned this honor in 1908….

Following are the starting lineups for each squad:

AMERICANS
Clyde Milan, Washington, cf
Frank Baker, Philadelphia, 3b
Ty Cobb, Detroit, rf
Topsy Hartsel, Philadelphia, lf
Pat O’Farrell, Boston, 2b
Pete Lister, Cleveland, 1b
Simon Nicholls, Philadelphia, ss
Ed McFarlane, Chicago, c
Bill Burns, Washington, p

NATIONALS
Bob Bescher, Cincinnati, lf
Fred Jacklitsch, Philadelphia, c
Honus Wagner, Pittsburg, ss
Frank Chance, Chicago, 1b
Buck Herzog, New York, 2b
Tommy Leach, Pittsburg, 3b
Cy Seymour, New York, cf
Harry Lumley, Brooklyn, rf
Del Mason, Cincinnati, p

Missing from the Nationals line-up will be New York hurler Christy Mathewson, who would likely have been selected to start the game for his league. Matty is recovering from a sore elbow and will not return to the mound for another two weeks, according to New York sources.

05-25-2003, 12:07 PM	#54 (permalink)
Big Six Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Williamsburg, VA Posts: 2,410 Thanks: 117 Thanked 91x in 73 posts	An even more special honor this June The Sporting News, Monday, June 23 STARTING LINE-UPS ANNOUNCED FOR ALL-STAR GAME Young Stars Take Center Stage for Both Teams With the All-Star game slated for this Sunday in Chicago, the National and American Leagues announced on Friday the starting lineups for their squads. Both aggregations will feature a number of the most exciting young players in major league base ball today. The Americans, managed by Hughie Jennings of the pennant winning Detroit Tigers, will take the field with four players of less than twenty-four years of age. Third baseman Frank Baker of Philadelphia, center fielder Clyde Milan of Washington, right fielder Ty Cobb of Detroit, and second baseman Pat O'Farrell of Boston are all tapped as the best in the league at their respective positions, and Baker is the eldest at age 23. For Milan and O'Farrell, it is their first opportunity to start the game, while Cobb and Baker earned this honor in 1908…. Following are the starting lineups for each squad: AMERICANS Clyde Milan, Washington, cf Frank Baker, Philadelphia, 3b Ty Cobb, Detroit, rf Topsy Hartsel, Philadelphia, lf Pat O’Farrell, Boston, 2b Pete Lister, Cleveland, 1b Simon Nicholls, Philadelphia, ss Ed McFarlane, Chicago, c Bill Burns, Washington, p NATIONALS Bob Bescher, Cincinnati, lf Fred Jacklitsch, Philadelphia, c Honus Wagner, Pittsburg, ss Frank Chance, Chicago, 1b Buck Herzog, New York, 2b Tommy Leach, Pittsburg, 3b Cy Seymour, New York, cf Harry Lumley, Brooklyn, rf Del Mason, Cincinnati, p Missing from the Nationals line-up will be New York hurler Christy Mathewson, who would likely have been selected to start the game for his league. Matty is recovering from a sore elbow and will not return to the mound for another two weeks, according to New York sources.